Finance Business Partner – US General Medicines

Role Summary

The Finance Business Partner – US General Medicines serves as the strategic financial advisor to the US Tzield and Transplant General Managers and their cross-functional leadership teams. This leadership role drives financial strategy, optimizes investments, enables sustainable growth, and delivers financial commitments. The successful candidate is proactive, analytical, and business-minded, partnering across Marketing, Market Access, Global Finance, Supply Chain, and Patient Services, and leverages AI and Sanofi’s digital tools to deliver faster, more impactful financial insights. Location: Cambridge, MA; Morristown, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Serve as the primary finance partner for the US Tzield and Transplant franchises, guiding strategic business decisions to achieve Sales, Margin and BOI objectives.
• Provide thought leadership and financial oversight across all commercial activities resulting in value optimization and strong risk management.
• Align financial and business strategies by partnering with key stakeholders to evaluate investment trade-offs and performance drivers.
• Business Operations & Forecasting: Oversee routine financial operations of portfolio, including sales and margin delivery, resource deployment, inventory management, and general financial performance.
• Lead forecasting cycles including budget and monthly rolling forecast, and support long range planning; champion full deployment of AI forecasting.
• Anticipate and assess the financial impact of business decisions across the full P&L.
• Performance Management & Reporting: Develop and deliver timely and insightful financial reporting, variance analysis, and business performance commentary.
• Drive monthly sales trend analysis in collaboration with Commercial, Forecasting, and Data Analytics teams.
• Support Gross-to-Net management, including providing guidance and advise on contracting and pricing action, interpreting balance sheet provisions, conducting pricing risk assessments, and the impact of market and policy changes.
• Own quarterly reporting, performance landing, and IR preparation for the franchises.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Process Excellence: Actively collaborate with Commercial, Market Access, Patient Services, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Hubs, and Global Franchises aligning key priorities and anticipating financial implications of key decisions.
• Promote finance best practices in partnership with One-Finance, driving continuous improvement and process efficiency.
• Support finance system enhancements and lead digital transformation initiatives to modernize financial planning and reporting.

Qualifications

• Required: 10 years of progressive business finance experience, with strong business partnership background
• Required: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or relevant discipline
• Required: AI and Digital first mindset
• Required: Strong stakeholder management experience
• Required: Exceptional communication skills capable of translating financial planning and performance information into actionable business insights
• Preferred: MBA, MS or relevant advanced degree
• Preferred: CMA, CPA, CGMA, or relevant professional designation
• Preferred: Pharma or Biotech industry, especially with gross to net management

Skills

• Patient oriented approach to financial and business management
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven leadership, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change
• Strong business acumen and commercial orientation
• Effective communicator with executive presence
• Results-driven with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement
• Ability to synthesize macroeconomic, industry, and internal data to shape franchise strategy

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 10%